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Intercultural Communication Theories

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Communicating Across Cultures

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Having established in Chapter 6 that differences between groups at work can create obstacles to communication in numerous ways, we can begin to look for approaches which can help in overcoming those obstacles. This chapter will discuss a range of theories which address intercultural communication, mainly in terms which are generalisable to communication between members of different subcultures.

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Guirdham, M. (1999). Intercultural Communication Theories. In: Communicating Across Cultures. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27462-8_7

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